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Five Weeks in a Balloon

Jules Verne

First published 1877
Publisher Goubaud
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Price -/9

{{Tr|an anonymous hand}}. This translation begins "At the sitting of the Royal Geographical Society, No. 3, Waterloo Place, on the 14th of January, 1862, the President, Sir Francis M-, made his colleagues an important communication in an address interrupted by frequent applause."

Taken from the Jules Verne Encyclopedia - by Brian Taves and Stephen Michaluk, Jr.

  • Title, author, date, publisher, format, price
  • "Around 1877, Goubaud & Son of London published Five Weeks in a Balloon in The Jules Verne Library "as the Daisy Books" in handsome colored wrappers, price 9d"
  • "This work was advertised as one of Verne's "Wonder Books" of which more were to be published shortly."
The text match to the translation text is from Arthur B. Evans Bibliography of Jules Verne's English Translations at jv.gilead.org.il. There are references to Goubaud, Goubaud & Son and Goubaud & Fils. The publisher should be updated once a copy is examined.